Who's your favourite stand up comedian?

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

I went and saw Jimeoin once and he was OK, but not hilarious.

Love Dylan Moran.  Paul Foot was the last one I went to at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and I found him most amusing.

 

Surely choosing dead people and people you've only seen on video doesn't count? 

Stand Up comedy is all about being in the room.

 

It preferable, sure. But we'd be talking about a severely limited number of comics then.

[KopOut]

Gotta be Bull Biley.

[Dr Nowt]

Gotta be Bull Biley.

Are you from New Zealand mate?

[aws]

Does Dave Allen count? Never saw him standing up.

[Stouffer]

Does Dave Allen count? Never saw him standing up.

Fair point well raised.

[VladimirIlyich]

Does Dave Allen count? Never saw him standing up.

He was raised by missionaries.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Having seen a few poignant quotes attributed to George Carlin, I decided to watch his stand up. I watched both his first and latest stand up last night. Not impressed at all so far.

[Dr Nowt]

Carlin is one of those old comics where comedy evolution has stripped away most of the laugh out loud factor, in my opinion.

 

I find myself nodding along and agreeing with his angle on the majority of things I've heard him say rather than cracking up, which I'm not sure I've ever done to one of his routines.

 

One of the good guys though, and I bet heard in his heyday he was brilliant.

[TheHowieLama]

His edginess was removed by the fact that he brought all that into the mainstream. 

 

That generation of comedians were meant to be heard on record.

[Mook]

After 36 years on the planet I went to see my first ever live stand up comedian on Friday night & then my second on Saturday night, not sure why but I've just never fancied it, the thought of them bombing has always been a worry. Anyway my mate was across for the Edinburgh Festival & booked the missus & me into a couple of shows in return for putting him up.

 

Friday night, Carl Donnelly - he spoke quite a lot about depression & stuff which was more interesting than funny, there were a couple of really funny bits & then he got his weird nipples out, which was weird. I ended up in the front row with my stripey flared keks on so he gets an extra point for not picking on me. 7/10

 

Saturday night, David O'Doherty - he was fucking brilliant from start to finish, had everyone pissing themselves for an hour, one woman behind me sounded like she was having an asthma attack, I would go back & see him next year & I'm up for going to see more live comedy now. 9/10 

 

Thankfully Reeves & Mortimer have added Edinburgh to their tour & I managed to get a couple of tickets to see them in January.

[Bob]

DO'D is ace.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

After 36 years on the planet I went to see my first ever live stand up comedian on Friday night & then my second on Saturday night, not sure why but I've just never fancied it, the thought of them bombing has always been a worry. Anyway my mate was across for the Edinburgh Festival & booked the missus & me into a couple of shows in return for putting him up.

 

Friday night, Carl Donnelly - he spoke quite a lot about depression & stuff which was more interesting than funny, there were a couple of really funny bits & then he got his weird nipples out, which was weird. I ended up in the front row with my stripey flared keks on so he gets an extra point for not picking on me. 7/10

 

Saturday night, David O'Doherty - he was fucking brilliant from start to finish, had everyone pissing themselves for an hour, one woman behind me sounded like she was having an asthma attack, I would go back & see him next year & I'm up for going to see more live comedy now. 9/10 

 

Thankfully Reeves & Mortimer have added Edinburgh to their tour & I managed to get a couple of tickets to see them in January.

 

Best comic I've seen for lung bursting laughs. Very, very good.

[Dr Nowt]

https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/jerry-sadowitz

 

Get him while he's here.  Doubt he'll be a long-living sort.

[Mook]

Went to see Dylan Moran tonight, not my choice but he was really funny and fucking steaming.

 

He called people who are full of life in the morning 'time parasites' which I thought was brilliant and which I'm also going to steal to impress people at school.

[Tony Moanero]

I hate comedy.

[General Dryness]

Been to see Dylan Moran a couple of times here in NZ. Funny fella. I still dig out the Black Books box set from time to time.

[TheHowieLama]

Is this shit supposed to be Funny

[cloggypop]

Saw Daniel Kitson a couple of months ago. Still comfortably the funniest fucker on the planet.

[Elite]

Saw Daniel Kitson a couple of months ago. Still comfortably the funniest fucker on the planet.

Would like to see him but he never does any DVDs or anything.

[cloggypop]

Would like to see him but he never does any DVDs or anything.

Don't bother looking him up on YouTube as there are only a couple of shite clips that do not do him justice.

 

He's doing a run of his new story telling show at the Everyman. It's only a tenner.

 

http://www.everymanplayhouse.com/whats-on/mouse-the-persistence-of-an-unlikely-thought

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Stewart Lee, Dylan Moran, Doug Stanhope

[Reds4Life]

Bill Burr

Richard Pryor

Eddie Murphy

Dave Chappelle

Jimoein

George Carlin

Bill Hicks

Billy Birmingham - 12th man

 

Pryor my all time favourite

[Bjornebye]

The Big Yin

[magicrat]

Bill Bailey. Seen him loads of times and never disappoints

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Bill Burr

Richard Pryor

Eddie Murphy

Dave Chappelle

Jimoein

George Carlin

Bill Hicks

Billy Birmingham - 12th man

 

Pryor my all time favourite

 

If you like Hicks and Carlin I think you'd love Doug Stanhope (if you haven't already).